McDonald's PE ratio MCD

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 1998.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 20.2×
10-year median: 26.0×
Against its 10-year history: 1st; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 18.8× to 37.4×
Peer median: 20.8×

McDonald's' PE ratio is 20.2× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $248.46 against $12.31 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its ten-year median of 26.0×, lower than on 99% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 18.8× in Oct 2026 to 37.4× in Apr 2021.

The median for 5 restaurant stocks of a similar size is 20.8×.

PE ratio over time

median 26×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	20.2×	18.8×	28.5×
2025	26.5×	24.7×	28.2×
2024	25.8×	21.3×	27.7×
2023	26.1×	22.8×	35.4×
2022	33.2×	22.6×	34.6×
2021	27.6×	25.7×	37.4×
2020	32.8×	18.8×	36.4×
2019	26.0×	23.8×	29.1×
2018	26.6×	22.8×	28.6×
2017	24.8×	22.8×	27.6×
2016	23.0×	21.0×	26.7×
2015	25.5×	17.6×	26.1×
2014	18.6×	16.5×	19.0×
2013	17.5×	16.9×	19.3×
2012	16.5×	15.8×	19.9×
2011	19.6×	15.9×	19.6×
2010	16.9×	15.6×	17.9×
2009	24.3×	24.1×	29.5×
2008	28.3×	24.6×	30.9×
2007	31.2×	15.3×	34.4×

Against its peers

Companies in Restaurants nearest McDonald's' size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
MCDMcDonald's	20.2×
SBUXStarbucks	57.9×
YUMYum! Brands	18.9×
CMGChipotle Mexican Grill	25.2×
QSRRestaurant Brands International	20.8×
DRIDarden Restaurants	20.8×
Peer median	20.8×

Where McDonald's ranks

#8of 28Restaurant stocks with the lowest PE ratio

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

More on McDonald's

Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.